ML 8 inch shell gun

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Q12061911




The ML 8-inch shell guns of 50 cwt, 54 cwt and 65 cwt were the three variants of British cast iron smoothbore muzzle-loading guns designed specifically to fire the new generation of exploding shells pioneered in the early to mid-nineteenth century by Henri-Joseph Paixhans.

ML 8 inch 54 cwt gun diagramML 8 inch 54 cwt gun diagram
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